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Art. IV. On different Modes of securing newly planted Trees against 

 high Winds, tvith a new Plan for that Purpose. By Samuel 

 Taylor. 



I often amuse myself with some of the by-gone numbers of 

 your Magazine, and in the course of these my researches, lately 

 stumbled upon an article in Number 33. Vol. VII. p. 445., by 

 Wm. Thorn, Esq., on supporting recently removed trees. The 

 confidence with which this gentleman speaks of his plan or 

 plans (for he has divers) to effect this object amused me 

 a little : but seeing that the one he most relies on consists in 



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driving a nail into the stem of the tree, I exclaimed at once, 

 " He has not hit the right nail on the head, at all events. Why, 

 the remedy is worse than the disease." It certainly does not 

 apply to such a case as mine, where all the trees and shrubs 

 are only 7 to 8 years old ; but where, from their great ex- 

 posure to strong westerly winds, however firmly rooted, their 

 tops have an inclination in a contrary direction. To counteract 

 this, I began with stakes and hay-bands ; but 1 soon found 

 these, however firm at first, of no avail. The trees got 

 sadly chafed, which chafed me quite as much as the trees : so 

 I had recourse to cords ; not " guy-ropes," Mr. Thorn : and 

 what do you think put this into my head? The adventure of 



